Sharon Gless (Sharon Marguerite Gless) Quotes
Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.
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So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
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I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.
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Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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We made too many wrong mistakes.
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When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm kind of a maniac. I race everybody.
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Women played no part in Athenian high culture. They could not vote, attend the theatre, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. But the male orientation of Greek culture was inseparable of its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
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For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?
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We must continue to foster relevant and constructive dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian communities.
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I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor.
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Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.
